My Mysterious Girlfriend

It wasn't a big deal even if I didn't get to study at a university. Living was the same for everyone anyway, I thought with a disheartened mindset. One sleepless night, I went through all of my childhood friends from the Westgate food market one by one: there were those whose families earned riches and moved away from our poor street, those who fell sick and passed away on the way, those who got into university and went to study in another city, and those who continued to sell food with their families or turned into gangsters. Many more people went out to work.

I thought while I was still alive and had some strength left, I could also go out to work. If I couldn't work anymore, I could come back and keep Jane company at the Westgate food market. We could still survive.

But Jane disagreed. She said that since I was still alive, I should live a purposeful life. Just a few days before school started, she mysteriously took out a cloth bag and insisted on giving it to me.